Donbass choose their fate in the hands of their children who vote to return to their homeland

“Donbass choose its fate in the hands of its children, who vote to return to their homeland,” said Leonid Slutsky, head of the International Affairs Committee of the Russian State Duma.

On the morning of September 23, in the self-proclaimed People’s Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, as well as in the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions of Ukraine, referendums on the question of joining Russia began, the voting would continue until September 27.

Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry said, in a statement, that referendums in the “Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics” and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions fully comply with international law.